Coll 30/142 'Visit of Danish fishing vessel chartered by Iranian Govnt.'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Coll 30/142 'Visit of Danish fishing vessel chartered by Iranian Govnt.'
- Date:
- 1936/1941
- Description:
- Abstract: The file concerns the investigations of Dr Harald Blegvad, the Director of the Danish Biological Station, into the waters of the Persian Gulf, with particular reference to fishing. Blegvad was visiting the area on behalf of the Government of Iran, who wished to initiate commercial exploitation of Iranian fisheries.The file includes correspondence from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the British Legation, Tehran, and extracts from intelligence reports.The papers include: the need to protect Arab rights over pearl fishing banks; the legal position concerning prescriptive rights to exploit the seabed outside the three mile limit; the flying of the Iranian flag by Blegvad's vessel; and the establishment of a fish-canning plant near Bandar Abbas in 1940.The French language content of the papers consists of a newspaper article on folio 24.The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 63; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Fisheries
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0001bd_ar
81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0001bd_en
IOR/L/PS/12/3877
IOR/L/PS/12/3877